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Al Nusrah Front video features veteran al Qaeda military leader

Abu Hammam al Shami, as pictured in a new Al Nusrah Front video, joined al Qaeda in the late 1990s and swore an oath of allegiance to Osama bin Laden. An Al Nusrah Front video released on March 23...

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Report: Former head of al Qaeda's network in Iran now operates in Syria

Muhsin al Fadhli, who has reportedly relocated from Iran to Syria. Muhsin al Fadhli, a senior al Qaeda leader who once headed the organization's network in Iran, relocated to Syria in mid-2013,...

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Al Qaeda spokesman convicted on terrorism charges

Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and spokesman after the 9/11 attacks, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, has been convicted on terrorism charges by a New York jury. Abu Ghaith garnered international infamy after he...

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Chechen al Qaeda commander, popular Saudi cleric, and an Ahrar al Sham leader...

Muslim al Shishani and Dr. Abdallah Muhammad al Muhaysini embrace. Also pictured [right] is Abu Tarab al Shishani. A prominent Saudi cleric and a Chechen military commander in a unit of the Al Nusrah...

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Al Qaeda-linked Saudi cleric in Syria praises fighters from Islamic Caucasus...

A popular Saudi cleric who is closely tied to al Qaeda and its official branch in Syria praised the "lions" from the Islamic Caucasus Emirate who are battling Syrian government forces in a city near...

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Taliban continue to launch suicide assaults in Kabul

The Taliban launched two more suicide assaults in the Afghan capital of Kabul over the past 24 hours. In the attacks, the Taliban targeted the headquarters of the Independent Election Commission and a...

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Al Qaeda's American propagandist notes death of terror group's representative...

Adam Gadahn, the American traitor who works with al Qaeda's General Command as a propagandist, has released a videotape acknowledging the death of Abu Khalid al Suri, the terror group's representative...

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Egypt announces arrest of Ansar al Sharia members linked to shooting attacks

Egypt's Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim today announced the arrest of members of Kataeb Ansar al Sharia fi Ard al Kinanah (Brigades of Ansar al Sharia in the Land of Egypt). The jihadist group, which...

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Turkey's ISIS problem

On March 27 an audio tape recording of high-level Turkish officials discussing Turkey's Syria strategy was leaked on YouTube. The meeting was held between Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Foreign...

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AQAP welcomes Sana'a prison fugitives

Al Malahim, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's media wing, released a new video over the weekend titled "The First Rain," which documents the welcomed return of operatives freed during the terrorist...

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ISIS parades on outskirts of Baghdad

Video of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham's military parade in Abu Ghraib on March 20. Less than two weeks ago, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, or ISIS, held a military parade in...

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US drone strike hits AQAP training camp in southern Yemen

The US killed three suspected al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in the first drone strike in Yemen in nearly three weeks. Today's strike targeted an AQAP training center in the Al Mahfad area...

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Muhajireen Army releases video of Syrian training camp

A screen shot from a video of a Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar training camp in Aleppo, Syria. A jihadist wires a circuit board for a homemade bomb. Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar (Army of Emigrants and...

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Ajnad Misr claims Cairo University bombings and 3 other attacks

In a statement released to its Facebook and Twitter accounts, a jihadist group known as Ajnad Misr (Soldiers of Egypt) claimed responsibility for today's bombings near Cairo University. The attacks,...

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Terrorism in the Caucasus and the threat to the US homeland

Salahuddin al Shishani (left), a Chechen commander who leads the Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar, and Abdul Karim al Ukrani (center), a Ukrainian, sitting behind an Imarat Kavkaz flag while in Syria....

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Former Guantanamo detainee killed while leading jihadist group in Syria

Ibrahim Bin Shakaran, a Moroccan who spent more than three years at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility before being released to Moroccan custody, has been killed while leading a jihadist group that...

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Zawahiri eulogizes al Qaeda's slain Syrian representative

The video accompanying Zawahiri's message shows a clip of Abu Khalid al Suri walking alongside Osama bin Laden and Zawahiri at the Al Farouq camp in Afghanistan in 2000. Ayman al Zawahiri, the head of...

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Zawahiri's longtime deputy reportedly arrested in Egypt

Thirwat Salah Shehata, an Egyptian who long served as one Ayman al Zawahiri's top deputies, has reportedly been arrested in a suburb of Cairo. Unnamed Egyptian officials who spoke with Agence France...

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Jordan rearrests ex-Gitmo detainee once deemed a 'high' risk

Jordanian authorities have arrested nine members of the Salafi jihadist trend, including a former Guantanamo detainee named Osama Abu Kabir, according to The Jordan Times. Kabir was first captured in...

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ISIS''Southern Division' praises foreign suicide bombers

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham's "Southern Iraq Division" praised eight foreign fighters who conducted suicide attacks in the province of Babil. Images of the eight foreign suicide bombers...

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